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RIMORCHIATORI RIUNITI ORDERS TWO MULTIPURPOSE OFFSHORE SUPPLY AND TOWAGE VESSELS FROM FINCANTIERI
21 feb 2006
21 feb 2006
Fincantieri has gained an order from the Genoa based ship owner Rimorchiatori Riuniti to build two multipurpose Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS), one of which an option.
The first ship will be built at Riva Trigoso (Genoa) and Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyards with delivery scheduled for December 2007.
The vessel, designed to the top class awarded by ABS, American Bureau of Shipping, will be 75.65 metres long, 16.90 metres wide with a draught of 6.85 metres and a deadweight of over 3,000 tonnes. Equipped with four diesel engines capable of generating 16,000 HP, the ship will be capable of reaching a maximum speed of 16.5 knots and will have a “Bollard Pull” of 180 tonnes. The vessel will be able to work in any field of operations and will carry out support activities for oil platforms, such as handling and positioning anchors, towing in the open sea, anti-pollution operations and fire-fighting (Fire Fighting 2 class equipment), transport of dry-bulk and liquid cargo.
Finarge Armamento Genovese, a member of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group which works in the offshore industry, is confident that the vessel will prove to be highly flexible in service; its design (developed by Moss Maritime, a Saipem Group company) is very similar to that of the “Moss 424” which the same owners already successfully operate in the North Sea.
The ship will be equipped with specific plant, as the “DP 1” system of dynamic positioning, which makes it possible to act simultaneously on the two adjustable pitch aft propellers, on the bow and stern thrusters and on the fore azimuth thruster, as well as a system of large winches (400 tonnes of pull) which guarantee safe towing and deep-water anchor handling operations using new generation synthetic ropes for the positioning of offshore platforms.
Moreover, the ship will have large dedicated areas for cargo on deck and will be able to carry dry bulk and liquid cargo needed by offshore platforms during their exploration and production activities.
The first ship will be built at Riva Trigoso (Genoa) and Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyards with delivery scheduled for December 2007.
The vessel, designed to the top class awarded by ABS, American Bureau of Shipping, will be 75.65 metres long, 16.90 metres wide with a draught of 6.85 metres and a deadweight of over 3,000 tonnes. Equipped with four diesel engines capable of generating 16,000 HP, the ship will be capable of reaching a maximum speed of 16.5 knots and will have a “Bollard Pull” of 180 tonnes. The vessel will be able to work in any field of operations and will carry out support activities for oil platforms, such as handling and positioning anchors, towing in the open sea, anti-pollution operations and fire-fighting (Fire Fighting 2 class equipment), transport of dry-bulk and liquid cargo.
Finarge Armamento Genovese, a member of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group which works in the offshore industry, is confident that the vessel will prove to be highly flexible in service; its design (developed by Moss Maritime, a Saipem Group company) is very similar to that of the “Moss 424” which the same owners already successfully operate in the North Sea.
The ship will be equipped with specific plant, as the “DP 1” system of dynamic positioning, which makes it possible to act simultaneously on the two adjustable pitch aft propellers, on the bow and stern thrusters and on the fore azimuth thruster, as well as a system of large winches (400 tonnes of pull) which guarantee safe towing and deep-water anchor handling operations using new generation synthetic ropes for the positioning of offshore platforms.
Moreover, the ship will have large dedicated areas for cargo on deck and will be able to carry dry bulk and liquid cargo needed by offshore platforms during their exploration and production activities.